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.SH "NAME"
git-status \- Show the working tree status
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fIgit\-status\fR \&...
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Examines paths in the working tree that has changes unrecorded to the index file, and changes between the index file and the current HEAD commit\&. The former paths are what you \fIcould\fR commit by running \fIgit add\fR before running \fIgit commit\fR, and the latter paths are what you \fIwould\fR commit by running \fIgit commit\fR\&.
If there is no path that is different between the index file and the current HEAD commit, the command exits with non\-zero status\&.
The command takes the same set of options as git\-commit; it shows what would be committed if the same options are given to git\-commit\&.
If any paths have been touched in the working tree (that is, their modification times have changed) but their contents and permissions are identical to those in the index file, the command updates the index file\&. Running git\-status can thus speed up subsequent operations such as git\-diff if the working tree contains many paths that have been touched but not modified\&.
.SH "OUTPUT"
The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit template comments, and all the output lines are prefixed with \fI#\fR\&.
.SH "CONFIGURATION"
The command honors color\&.status (or status\&.color \(em they mean the same thing and the latter is kept for backward compatibility) and color\&.status\&. configuration variables to colorize its output\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
gitlink:gitignore[5]
.SH "AUTHOR"
Written by Linus Torvalds and Junio C Hamano \&.
.SH "DOCUMENTATION"
Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git\-list \&.
.SH "GIT"
Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
torvalds@osdl.org
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\%mailto:torvalds@osdl.org
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.IP " 2." 4
junkio@cox.net
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\%mailto:junkio@cox.net
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.IP " 3." 4
git@vger.kernel.org
.RS 4
\%mailto:git@vger.kernel.org
.RE